46,000+ people have reported losing $1B+ cumulatively to crypto scams from January 2021 through March 2022, 24% of dollar losses in fraud reported to the FTC
From Super Bowl ads to Bitcoin ATMs, cryptocurrency seems to be everywhere lately. Although it's yet to become a mainstream payment method …
A House and Senate bipartisan data privacy bill would let users opt out of targeted ads and sue internet companies that improperly sell their data, and more
The proposal, considered a step forward, still lacks the support of some key members — A bipartisan group of legislators …
Sources: Apple enlisted Hollywood directors like Jon Favreau to make video content for its mixed reality headset that resembles ski goggles and may ship in 2023
The company has enlisted Hollywood directors like Jon Favreau to help its effort to create products that blend the physical and virtual worlds.
The New York State Assembly passes the first right-to-repair bill in the US covering electronics; Governor Kathy Hochul is expected to sign the measure
just want to give some shout outs. @RepairCoalition has been lead on the New York work, and started this whole thing. What great partners. @iFixit has supernaturally great folk to work with 1/ Nathan ...
A look at the presentiment that social media is bad for society, as some researchers find the fears are overstated and others warn about effects on individuals
There's a general sense that it's bad for society—which may be right. But studies offer surprisingly few easy answers. Tweets: @brendannyhan , @kreissdaniel , @sivavaid , @kreissdaniel , @ayshardzn ,...
Clubhouse eliminated “a handful of roles” as part of a broader restructuring; leaving staff include the heads of news partnerships, community, and international
Clubhouse, the social audio app that became a big hit during the early days of the pandemic, laid off multiple employees this week …
Meituan reports Q1 revenue of $6.9B, up 25% YoY, and a net loss of ~$855M, propelled by a 47% YoY increase in revenue from new businesses such as ride-hailing
Meituan's quarterly revenue grew 25%, after the Chinese food delivery titan withstood the economic fallout from coronavirus-related lockdowns in cities such as Shanghai.
Amazon says Dave Clark, CEO of its Worldwide Consumer division, will step down after 23 years with the company; his last day in the office will be July 1, 2022
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Rather than expecting users to read and consent to overwhelming privacy policies, laws and tech can help give them real privacy choices
Let's abolish reading privacy policies. Here's how we can use the law and technology to give us real privacy choices. Tweets: @oldenoughtosay , @geoffreyfowler , @geoffreyfowler , @washingtonpost , @...
Q&A with Don Caldwell, EIC of Know Your Meme, a 15-year-old online encyclopedia of memes with 10 full-time editorial staff, on uncovering meme origins and more
Think of any meme. It could be the scribbled image of party goers and one man—off alone to the side …
Google stops businesses from using RCS for promotions in India, following reports that top banks and other companies are abusing the feature to send spam
Google has disabled businesses ability to use RCS for promotion in India, the company's biggest market by users …
Customer engagement service MoEngage raises a $77M Series E led by Goldman Sachs and B Capital; MoEngage has raised close to $140M over the past 12 months
MoEngage says it has grown its annualised recurring revenue by more than 105 percent In the last 12 months, and has added 500 new customers.
FarmWise, which builds a weeding robot that uses cameras, sensors, and AI to identify and cut down weeds without harming the crops, raises a $45M Series B
https://www.emergingtechbrew.com/ ... Jordan McDonald / @jwmcdonald1944 : Got some exciting news by way of @etechbrew! Farmwise and its AI-powered weeding robots raised $45 million in funding, and its...
A look at “migrant TikTok”, content by and for migrants journeying to Europe, as platforms struggle to moderate videos referring to illegal smuggling
Videos on the harrowing journey between Africa and Europe offer valuable information — and tease a brighter future for migrants Tweets: @cengizyar Tweets: Cengiz / @cengizyar : An ecosystem of content...
Coinbase extends its hiring freeze “for as long as this macro environment requires” and will “rescind a number of accepted offers”, updating new hires by email
Cleveland-based Felux, an online B2B marketplace and supply chain management service for steel and other metals, raises a $19M Series A led by EquipmentShare
Felux, an online B2B marketplace and supply chain platform for steel and other metals, has raised $19 million in a Series A funding round …
Tiger Global-backed email service Superhuman lays off 23 employees, or about 22% of its workforce; Superhuman was most recently valued at $825M in August 2021
- Email app Superhuman laid off 22% of its workforce on Friday, the CEO said in a tweet. — Superhuman makes a premium email app for power users. Tweets: @shortformernie . Thanks: @meliarobin Tweets: ...
In an NLRB complaint, the CWA alleges Activision Blizzard illegally terminated a dozen workers and reorganized operations at Raven Software amid union efforts
including in the tech sector — have led us to conclude that inevitably these issues will touch on more businesses, potentially including our own.” https://blogs.microsoft.com/ ...
LatchBio, which develops a web-based service for biologists to integrate, process, and visualize data, raises a $28M Series A co-led by Coatue and Lux Capital
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Sensor Tower: an iOS app needs 156K daily installs to top the US App Store, up from 114K in 2019; an Android app needs 56K to top Google Play, down from 83K
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GM's Cruise secures a permit to charge fares for its driverless robotaxi service in San Francisco, operating at up to 30mph on select streets from 10PM to 6AM
Denmark-based ZeroNorth, which develops software tools to help the global shipping industry cut emissions, raises a $50M+ Series B from PSG Equity and others
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The CFTC sues Gemini, alleging that the crypto exchange's staff misled the federal regulator during Gemini's 2017 effort to launch bitcoin futures contracts
2TM, the parent company of Brazil's largest crypto exchange Mercado Bitcoin, dismisses 80+ employees, or ~12% of its staff; 2TM was valued at $2.1B in July 2021
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In April, Google settled an Illinois lawsuit accusing it of violating the Biometric Information Privacy Act with its Photos face regrouping tool, for $100M
Dall-E 2 created 3M images since April and OpenAI is adding up to 1,000 users per week, applying a content policy to try to avoid sensitive or biased images
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Sources: Facebook is developing a “basic ads” product that uses metrics like engagement and video views instead of using anonymized personal info from users
Q&A with Pocket VP Matt Koidin on the 50M links people save per month, longform content, the “algotorial” approach to the Pocket Hits newsletter, and more
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